Obama Campaign Counsel: "Free Scooter Libby"

Robert F. Bauer, General Counsel to the Obama campaign, has earned the distinction of being Atrios's "Wanker of the Day."

And boy, did he earn it!

Bauer seems to be saying that if Bush pardons Libby, then that will really put Bush on the spot:

A pardon brings the president into the heart of the case. It compels him to do what he has so far managed to avoid: accept in some way responsibility for the conduct of his Administration in communicating with the public about national security and in its treatment of dissent. If the pardon would be politically explosive, then this is what the administration's critics, hungering for accountability, have been waiting for. The case against this government on the larger charge of abuse of power is diminished, made even laughable, by resolving into a 30-month sentence for an obscure figure named Libby.

Mr. Bauer - the conviction and sentencing of Scooter Libby is not the end of the road for holding the Bush administration accountable.  Your 'argument' is too clever by full.

Those who break the law, have a fair trial, and are found guilty should receive a sentence and serve it.  Even if they're Republicans.  And the conviction and sentencing of a relatively small fish on an ancillary charge is not the conclusion of invesitgations into the criminal Bush regime.

We've only begun to hold them accountable.